US and Russian Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold a face-to-face meeting in the coming days - for the first time since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine began. This was officially confirmed by Moscow, reports FT.

According to the Russian side, the initiative to hold the meeting came from Washington and an agreement on it was reached "in principle". The talks are expected to take place as early as next week, but the exact date has not yet been announced. It is difficult to say how many days the preparations will take, the Kremlin said. At the same time, the venue has already been agreed and will be revealed later.

We are talking about a bilateral meeting - without Ukraine's participation.

The report comes a day after Putin held talks in Moscow with Trump's personal representative Steve Whitkoff. Both sides characterized them as productive.  "Whitkoff mentioned the idea of a trilateral meeting involving Putin, Trump and Zelensky, but Moscow left it without comment," the Kremlin added.

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